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Bell 206 — accident and safety record

Every recorded Bell 206 accident and incident from public aviation safety datasets (1964–2026).

OCCURRENCES1,896
FATAL309
HULL LOSSES105

Bell 206 safety overview

Most affected: US (1,269), CA (68), ZA (43), GB (28), AU (18)

Top operators: Air Logistics (8), AIR EVAC EMS INC (8), U.s. Forest Service (5), Bell Helicopter Textron (5), Air Evac Lifeteam (5)

Bell 206 accidents by decade01002003004005001960197019801990200020102020TotalFatal

Bell 206 occurrences (1–50 of 1,896)

  • 2026-04-04 — HELIMONTANA.COM LLC (incident)
  • 2026-01-18 (incident)
  • 2026-01-15 — WEYERHAEUSER NR CO (incident)
  • 2026-01-06 — Fortescue Helicopters Pty Ltd — VH-LMW (incident)
  • 2026-01-06 (incident)
  • 2025-12-13 (2 fatal)
  • 2025-11-24 (incident)
  • 2025-09-27 (hull loss)
  • 2025-09-10 (hull loss)
  • 2025-09-01 — DELTA HELICOPTEROS S.A.S. (incident)
  • 2025-08-22 — 925DT LLC (incident)
  • 2025-08-01 — Apex Helicopters Inc. (incident)
  • 2025-08-01 (incident)
  • 2025-07-27 — private — ZK-IGD (incident)
  • 2025-07-27 — SKY COPTERS INC (incident)
  • 2025-07-23 — JBI Helicopter Services, Inc. (1 fatal)
  • 2025-07-14 — Nautilus Aviation Heli Pty Ltd — VH-JMM (incident)
  • 2025-07-14 — Great Slave Helicopters 2018 Ltd. (1 fatal)
  • 2025-07-06 — Commercially registered (1 fatal)
  • 2025-07-06 (1 fatal)
  • 2025-07-01 — Aeroag (incident)
  • 2025-04-15 (incident)
  • 2025-04-10 — NY Helicopter (6 fatal)
  • 2025-03-21 — WSB-TV 2 (incident)
  • 2025-03-19 — North Wind Helicopters (1 fatal)
  • 2025-03-18 — HELISUL TÁXI AÉREO LTDA (incident)
  • 2025-03-05 — HK4717 (incident)
  • 2025-02-14 (incident)
  • 2025-02-06 (hull loss)
  • 2025-02-05 — ZS-RAC (1 fatal)
  • 2025-02-05 (1 fatal)
  • 2025-01-14 — TRINKLE AVIATION LLC (hull loss)
  • 2024-11-21 (incident)
  • 2024-10-27 — AIR EVAC EMS INC (incident)
  • 2024-10-07 (3 fatal)
  • 2024-09-29 — EC-EXE (3 fatal)
  • 2024-09-29 (3 fatal)
  • 2024-09-26 — JL Aviation (incident)
  • 2024-09-25 — PROVINE HELICOPTER SERVICE INC (incident)
  • 2024-09-21 (hull loss)
  • 2024-09-07 — EGLI AIR HAUL INC (1 fatal)
  • 2024-09-04 — Artic Air AB — SE-JPB (incident)
  • 2024-08-12 (incident)
  • 2024-07-31 (2 fatal)
  • 2024-07-29 — Xtreme Aviation LLC (1 fatal)
  • 2024-07-21 — MF HELICOPTERS LLC (incident)
  • 2024-07-21 — Heliteam (incident)
  • 2024-07-08 — Vertical Vegetation Management, LLC (incident)
  • 2024-05-03 — F-BXPF (incident)
  • 2024-05-03 — Helicoandrone (incident)

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